§ 221. Definitions

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1913

   Pub. L. 63–6 § 1 · 38 Stat. 103

   Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 221

   Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 1 (pars.), 38 Stat. 251

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 1 (pars.), 38 Stat. 251

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   First. Shall be in writing;

2. 1959

   Alaska Omnibus Act

   Pub. L. 86–70 § 8(a) · 73 Stat. 141

   Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 221

   Pub. L. 86–70 inserted definition of “the continental United States”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 86–70 inserted definition of “the continental United States”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 1 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (12 38 Stat. 251. U.S.C. 221), is further amended by deleting the period at the end of such section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “; the term ‘the continental United States’ means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.”

3. 1982

   Pub. L. 97–258 § 2(c) · 40 Stat. 290

   Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 221

   Pub. L. 97–258 inserted provisions defining “bonds and notes of the United States”, “bonds and notes of the Government of the United States”, and “bonds or notes of the United States”. These provisions are based on acts Sept. 24, 1917, ch. 56, § 5(c), 40 Stat. 290; Apr. 4, 1918, ch. 44, § 4, 40 Stat. 504; Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 100, § 3, 40 Stat. 1311; restated June 17, 1929, ch. 26, 46 Stat. 20 (former 31 U.S.C. 754(c))

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–258 inserted provisions defining “bonds and notes of the United States”, “bonds and notes of the Government of the United States”, and “bonds or notes of the United States”. These provisions are based on acts Sept. 24, 1917, ch. 56, § 5(c), 40 Stat. 290; Apr. 4, 1918, ch. 44, § 4, 40 Stat. 504; Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 100, § 3, 40 Stat. 1311; restated June 17, 1929, ch. 26, 46 Stat. 20 (former 31 U.S.C. 754(c)).

4. 2006

   Pub. L. 109–351 title VII § 725(a)(1) · 120 Stat. 1966

   1. Amended · 12 U.S.C. § 221

      Pub. L. 109–351 and 109–356 amended section identically

   2. Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 221

      Pub. L. 109–351 and 109–356 inserting “For purposes of this chapter, a State bank includes any bank which is operating under the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.” at end of first par

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–351 and 109–356 amended section identically, inserting “For purposes of this chapter, a State bank includes any bank which is operating under the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.” at end of first par.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in the second undesignated paragraph of the first section (12 U.S.C. 221), by adding at the end the following: “For purposes of this Act, a State bank includes any bank which is operating under the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.”; and

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